Chapter 901 Steamrolled

Chapter 901 Steamrolled

Meeting Sylth was everything but normal. It was incredibly weird but also very interesting. Michael found her interesting to talk to, though. She was talkative and not hostile to him, which was better than anything Michael expected to encounter in the Zentika Empire.

"Calling this place an empire is a disgrace! That's an insult to all proper empires built over the Origin Expanse. The Zentika Empire doesn't meet one of the requirements to consider itself an empire, yet they're shameless enough to do that," Sylth cursed but shrugged at last.

"Well, whatever. They didn't pay their debts on time and were bound to cease to exist sooner or later either way. They must have forgotten what happens to those who don't pay their debts. The Thorx never forget the credits they've distributed!"

"You came here to destroy the Zentika Empire?" Michael asked.

"That was the initial plan, but I am a little late. Traveling through several regions and making a detour around the extensive territories of the Supreme Human Alliance's stronger Lords was certainly not easy. It took longer than expected. It doesn't seem like I was required to do anything in the first place. The Zentika Empire is already as good as dead."

She shrugged again.

"But then again, the Thorx must show everyone how serious we are about our transactions. We must ensure everyone knows what happens if they cannot meet their contract conditions."

"Okay. So...you will return to your territory or wherever you came from?" "I could do that, but I don't want to," Sylth declared while forming hundreds of razor-sharp blades around her. She glanced uninterested at some of the remaining powerhouses of the Zentika Empire and shrugged. The razor-sharp blades combined and transformed into a massive, spiked ball. The blades expanded, and the spiked ball grew. A full minute of silence passed before the spiked ball was the size of several houses. Sylth lifted one finger and pointed at the spiked ball. It stirred and moved through the air, following Sylth's finger movements.

Sylth's finger cleaved downward. It pointed at the center of the Zentika Empire's capital, where the massive, spiked ball also appeared. The spiked mass smashed into the center, simultaneously crushing the palace in the capital's center. The palace was destroyed, its foundation cracked and fallen apart. The surroundings tremored violently, and some buildings near the palace collapsed, but that wasn't enough for Sylth.

"If you think I would give you Soultraits merely because you are stronger than me and capable of threatening my life, you are sorely mistaken," Michael responded, but Sylth waved her hand dismissively.

"I wouldn't force you. You will give me a bunch of Soultrait Symbols when you see what I have to offer. My demonic instincts tell me we're going to be best buddies."

Michael frowned deeply, but he was intrigued. He had searched for many things for quite a while but never found anyone offering them. That included powerful techniques at the Ancient, Sacred/Infernal, or Primordial grade. He had powerful techniques, but upgrading them was always possible. Especially now that he had access to the Cosmic Shop, which spread all across the cosmos, he wasn't restrained to the techniques of the Tekur, the Nest – which had powerful Cursed Arts and other stuff, but only a few things he truly liked – and the things the Supreme Human Alliance had given to the Blaze household and other traitors.

Michael was now the proud – or not so proud – owner of those techniques but most of them weren't to his liking. Primordial Bloodline was a powerful technique which he would love to replicate, if his curse power and some other factors wouldn't decrease his compatibility with the technique to sub-zero.

'A few Soullife Arts and Soul Techniques of all grades is all I need to learn how to replicate Primordial grade techniques. My foundation for creating Soul Techniques is not the best, however a few techniques for all grades should be enough... Can they deliver that? Is Thorn Merchandise willing to teach me Primordial rank techniques? Do they have Primordial-rank techniques in the first place?'

Michael couldn't tell for sure, but it became worth finding out.

"How about visiting my territory? Maybe you find something to your liking, other than my Soultrait Symbols, of course," He smiled at her, waiting for the Greater Demon's response.

If Sylth had wanted to, she would have captured and tortured him until he caved in. She could have killed him as well if she'd wanted to. However, Sylth didn't consider him an enemy. Instead, she became more than willing to trade rare treasures for his Soultrait Symbol.

Therefore, bringing her to his territory should be fine, right?

'She can act as she pleases in these region. It's did not like I can stop her, either way.'

Michael became prepared to act like a people pleaser for once. A little, at least.